If we are what we eat, we should be able to extrapolate a lot about a culture from its cuisine. Such is the idea behind Asian Foodprints 2010, the international conference focusing on Japanese food and beverages, to be held March 5 by the University of Toronto’s Asian Institute. This event, the second of its kind after the successful conference last year centring on Chinese cuisine, “looks to explore the connections and tensions between enduring ‘local cultures in an ever more transnational world,” says Dr. Joseph Wong, Director of the Asian Institute. The conference marries the popular with the…

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THE YEAR OF THE TIGER – CHINESE HOROSCOPES FOR 2010 (in the order of the Chinese Zodiac)

Tiger: 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 A lucky year awaits: plan and time your actions carefully to make the most of it. Your love life will be good, but singles should beware of unsuitable alliances in the first quarter. Professionally, you’ll be ambitious and resilient; don’t be too aggressive and your hard work will pay off. The year will start well financially, but guard against risk and extravagance in the last quarter.

Rabbit: 1915,…

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